Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 22/12/1998

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century; Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Standards; Proposed Criteria and Draft List of Critical ITS Standards

This notice invites comments relating to the legislative requirement to identify a list of critical standards that ensure national interoperability in the implementation of intelligent transportation system (ITS) technologies as provided in section 5206(c) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), Pub. L. 105-178, 112 stat. 107, 456. Actions are currently underway by the U.S. DOT and the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America), and advisory organization to the U.S. DOT, to identify objective criteria by which critical standards are to be identified. The approach being taken to develop this list of critical standards involves a three-step process; whereby the U.S. DOT will disseminate the proposed set of criteria and draft list of standards through a number of forums, conduct outreach to the public and private stakeholder community, and evaluate comments and recommendations from the ITS America and the public. The U.S. DOT will prepare the final report outlining the critical standards and present it to the Congress by June 1, 1999. Based upon the currently proposed selection criteria, a draft list of critical standards is also identified in